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Wheat seed?
On 29/06/2014 11:48 PM, Hugh Newbury wrote:
I want to grow some wheat to make my own bread. Where can I buy the seed? There is an elderly (1980) British book called "Growing wheat & making bread on a small scale" by Hugh Coats and J. R. Stanford published by Thorsons Publishers Limited, Wellingborough, Nothamptonshire that may interest you. It's been a long time since I read it but glancing over it again, it's full of interesting info such as a twelfth of an acre producing enough wheat for a family for a year if they are using 4 loaves a week. I haven't noticed it in the book, but the UK used to grow soft wheat and for good bread, hard winter wheat is the type that is preferred for bread making. |
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Wheat seed?
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Fran Farmer wrote: On 29/06/2014 11:48 PM, Hugh Newbury wrote: I want to grow some wheat to make my own bread. Where can I buy the seed? There is an elderly (1980) British book called "Growing wheat & making bread on a small scale" by Hugh Coats and J. R. Stanford published by Thorsons Publishers Limited, Wellingborough, Nothamptonshire that may interest you. It's been a long time since I read it but glancing over it again, it's full of interesting info such as a twelfth of an acre producing enough wheat for a family for a year if they are using 4 loaves a week. I haven't noticed it in the book, but the UK used to grow soft wheat and for good bread, hard winter wheat is the type that is preferred for bread making. There has been a lot of research on how to use soft wheat for bread making, and a couple of decades ago, someone worked out how. I don't know the details, but it is usable only on a commercial scale, and my guess is that it will produce only inferior, supermarket-style bread. My guess is that mediaeval bread was pretty leaden. On the other hand, it is fine for cakes, most pastry (not croissants etc.) and other such uses. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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